About “City of Stars”

This is a break-up song dedicated to hip-hop where Logic details his relationship by personifying music as a woman.

The song starts off with a sample of Genesis' lead guitarist, Steve Hackett’s 1999 song “Days Of Long Ago.”

During the first half of the track, Logic sings with hurt in his voice, while using a hint of auto-tune. Musically the beginning of the song features a synth and drum line reminiscent of Kanye West’s “Flashing Lights.”

For the second half of the track, the beat switches and Logic uses rap bars to expresses his frustration with the music industry and his place in it.

“City of Stars” started out with an air of mystery; Logic used a similar songwriting approach on “Nikki”, where he rapped about his nicotine addiction.

After the song’s release fans questioned who Logic was addressing, he released a statement on Twitter, the day after his The Incredible True Story album dropped on November 13, 2015.

“It is a goodbye to ‘how a person should make hip hop’ and a hello ‘to finally embracing and focusing on Genre-less Music’,” he wrote to end all of the speculation.

Who was Logic talking about when he says "i doubt YOU would even know"?

As Logic explains in an annotation, this is a break-up song with hip-hop. When he says ‘you,’ he’s addressing hip-hop as if it were a person.